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Published: 2018-09-26 13:37:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 471; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 0
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Wind blowing, a sense of urgency, fear and confusion. A dark and fitful dream grasped the fawn before… nothing.

. . .

Overhead, the clouds drifted past silently, stars blinking in and out of view as they trailed across the midnight sky. Moonlight bathed the land in platinum, everything was silver and grey. Chirping crickets took up chorus against the night, and somewhere in the distance, a loon cooed mournfully.

It was the perfect night for wandering.

Without a sound, a dark snakelike shadow floated out of the trees, weaving and twisting, a mass of branches and fur. Beads of light, shimmering upward like a flame, followed her in a cloud and illuminated her. She was a magnificent creature, cream colored fur that faded to an inky black. Several large branches arched from her back, and petals floated towards the ground, a halo of soft color.

Floating carefully, her fur coiling and rippling around her, she drifted through the sprawling circus. It seemed messy and unnatural, the moonlight casting everything in muted colors before her. As she floated past the rides and trailers, something caught her attention.

No one is here. No wait… No one is here now.

She could feel a strange energy nearby, coming from underneath one particularly grotesque looking trailer. Something was under there…

Curiosity and duty welled up in the creature, her fur bristled and shifted a shade darker before being completely swallowed up by black. The beads of soft light changed colors too, from a gentle white to a brooding red. She snaked through the air towards the trailer, lowering herself towards the ground to peer under.

It was pitch black beneath the funhouse, a seemingly endless void of darkness and silence. The esk could see though, and there, curled up in a corner lie the body of a fawn. She stared for a moment. Its body seemed restful, sleeping, but she could feel its aura slipping away forever.

Without a sound, she sent the little tongues of crimson light towards the fawn. Like tiny flames, they flickered and winked in the darkness, casting a reddish glow. Reaching out with her mind, she attempted to sense the fawn’s feelings. Its body was already dead, quiet and gone, but its spirit was still dreaming. She sensed fear, longing, loneliness… being far from home.

The esk blinked at the dark void beneath the trailer, the lonely aura echoing in her mind.



PROMPT # 3
FOR ESK # 1182
Read entire Literature on toyhouse here : toyhou.se/~literature/7073.tww…


Thank you for reading!!!

This is another part of Ayla's origin story.
The esk featured in this piece is nybird 's 1111 .
Thank you so much for letting me include Unknown in her origin, she's such a gorgeous esk and I'm so excited for the next chapters  

Artwork Score;
Base Score: 10 AP (Shaded Illustration)
+20 AP (Full/Scenic Background)
+50 AP (Origin Prompt)
+1 AP (Enchantment: 1 AP * 1)
+5 AP (Personal Work Bonus)
+10 AP (Other Esk Bonus: 10 AP * 1)
+10 AP (Esk Interaction Bonus: 10 AP * 1)
Total AP per submission: 106

Base Score: 4 GP (Shaded Illustration)
+6 GP (Full/Scenic Background)
+10 GP (Origin Prompt)
Total GP per submission: 20

Written Score;
Base Score: 8 AP (Writing: 404 words)
+1 AP (Enchantment: 1 AP * 1)
+5 AP (Personal Work Bonus)
+10 AP (Other Esk Bonus: 10 AP * 1)
+10 AP (Esk Interaction Bonus: 10 AP * 1)
Total AP per submission: 34

Base Score: 4 GP (Writing: 404 words)
Total GP per submission: 4




In This Art:
The creature(s) in this artwork are a nature spirit Closed Species called "Esk", owned by witherlings and are the focus of the ARPG "ThoseWhoWentMissing" .

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Comments: 13

Sokolva [2018-09-30 13:51:34 +0000 UTC]

So interesting to see this dark, frightening, beautiful esk transform such a sweet, caring, protective one. I also really like the detail that the faun was already dead, I feel like it gives the entire story a different feeling, and a more potent and interesting one, than if the faun was to be snatched back to life from the brink of starvation. The image of an esk floating through an abandoned carnival and finding the body of a tiny faun hidden inside is very haunting and poignant.

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tayleaf In reply to Sokolva [2018-10-01 01:35:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you once again! I learned from Staff that a creature can be transformed shortly after death, and so I wanted to capture the power in that moment, that 1111 had happened upon them at just the right moment. I also hoped that the reader would feel both sadness for the fawn, but happiness at her being found here, a bittersweet moment. 
As a common esk, her nature was more tentative and fearful, chapters 6 and 7 will probably delve more into her personality at that point. She will be going through some turmoil because of confusion and self-doubt. This prompt explores it a bit if your interested!
Sorry again if the timeline is confusing with her current masterlist notes, but i want to stay true to her canon as I had it in my mind. She will be transformed to abnormal somewhere after chapter 10 I believe. 

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Zaffara [2018-09-28 22:30:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh, this is amazing Mama! I can't wait for the next ones!

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tayleaf In reply to Zaffara [2018-09-28 23:06:35 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much!!!! 

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Orielyn [2018-09-28 17:12:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh my!! Poor Ayla!!! My heart *ded*
I honestly love this piece! The short writing giving just enough feels to seriously make you think. And the banner!!! Ahhh I just love it!!
I am very curious for the next part as I am so excited to see what you have planned for little Ayla now ;w;

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tayleaf In reply to Orielyn [2018-09-28 18:49:02 +0000 UTC]

wahhhh thank you so much sis!!! I can't wait to do the next part!!! Just got to catch up on comms first XD 

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KeenBTF [2018-09-26 15:34:02 +0000 UTC]

ahhhh these just get better and better!!

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tayleaf In reply to KeenBTF [2018-09-26 15:34:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much Keen!!! 

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norree [2018-09-26 13:41:35 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! but 1111 is nybird 's esk, not mine! :>

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tayleaf In reply to norree [2018-09-26 13:49:40 +0000 UTC]

Haha oh my goodness XD I completely got the usernames mixed up! XD
Her name on discord is just "bird" and for some reason I got confused hahaha

SORRY! XD 

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coliflowerr [2018-09-26 13:38:28 +0000 UTC]

holy hecc
<3

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tayleaf In reply to coliflowerr [2018-09-26 13:49:46 +0000 UTC]

ahh ty! 

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coliflowerr In reply to tayleaf [2018-09-26 14:20:44 +0000 UTC]

yea<3
ofc

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